What is a memory foam mattress topper? It’s a layer of memory foam that can be place on top of your regular spring mattress to get the same effect as a memory foam mattress. But how do you make a regular spring mattress into a memory foam mattress?

Instead of just putting one layer of topper, you put 2 or even 3 toppers. A memory foam mattress is basically about 6 to 8 inches of regular foam at the bottom and 3 to 4 inches of memory foam layer at the top. The regular foam can be substituted with your regular old spring mattress.
There is no need for you to buy a $1500 memory foam mattress unless you have lots of cash and you like throwing it in your toilet.

I’ve personally used memory foam mattress toppers for my spring coil mattress before.

With 3 to 5 inches of memory foam mattress toppers, you can expect about the same quality as a regular memory foam mattress. The only important thing is to get a mattress topper with a high density rating. (anything about 4lbs. is good, anything less is pretty much crap.)

Memory foam mattress toppers come in 1 to 2 and a half inches, so you might need about 2 to 3 memory foam mattress toppers depending on the width of the topper you get.

So just make sure you have at least 3 inches of memory foam at the top of your mattress and you should experience a whole new way of sleeping.
Of course, I have moved onto a full memory foam mattress since my old mattress was just too old and collapsed during work. (night work that is…)

I’ve tested it with 5 inches of memory foam toppers but it doesn’t seem to make a difference whether I have 3 inches or 5 inches. After a certain point (about 3 inches), the effect of memory foam reaches it’s peak so…

Here’s some sources for mattress toppers:

(I’ve personally used the wal-mart toppers which are very good for the price and I think they are about 4.5lbs density)

wal-mart
healthfoundations
a1mattress
healco

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